Craig Morgan recalls it as a party, a homecoming of sorts. A celebration of Tipperary hurling.

It's almost half of his young lifetime ago now but the memories of the county's 2010 All-Ireland U-21 win are still there in rich technicolor.

The Tipp U-21s hammered Galway by 25 points that evening in Thurles and, six days after the seniors thwarted Kilkenny's drive for five, more than 21,000 turned out for the carnival, including Morgan. Tipperary officially ruled the hurling world.

Nine years on, they're in a position to repeat the feat, albeit the party will kick off at LIT Gaelic Grounds in Limerick and not Thurles this evening if the U-20s can complete their part of the double.

Morgan, now captain of the Tipp U-20s, was in Croke Park last Sunday to watch Seamus Callanan hoist the Liam MacCarthy Cup and couldn't help his mind from briefly wandering. What if it could be him six days later?